5th Wave Trailer: Chloe Moretz Takes on Alien Invaders

Back in January, Sony Pictures released a brief trailer for their sci-fi adaptation The 5th Wave, exactly one year before the film hits theaters on January 29, 2016. Following an international trailer that arrived last week, the studio has finally released a domestic trailer for The 5th Wave with brand new footage, featuring Chloe Moretz as Cassie Sullivan. This highly-anticipated project is based on the beloved book series by Rick Yancey.

In the new film The 5th Wave, four waves of increasingly deadly attacks have left most of Earth decimated. Against a backdrop of fear and distrust, Cassie (Chloë Moretz) is on the run, desperately trying to save her younger brother. As she prepares for the inevitable and lethal 5th Wave, Cassie teams up with a young man who may become her final hope - if she can only trust him.

Aliens attack Earth in 5 waves, the 1st wave being a permanent blackout of power, setting earth back into the Stone Age. The 2nd wave being a massive tsunami, killing off all coastal cities. The 3rd wave being a plague caused by birds, leaving only the unlucky alive. The 4th wave being humans with activated alien brains. And what's The 5th Wave? Well that's what Cassie Sullivan wants to know. As she goes to fulfill a promise she'd made, to return to her brother, she meets Evan Walker, a strange but beautiful boy with a secret he won't tell her. But the closer she gets with Evan the closer she gets to getting her brother and unraveling the secrets of The 5th Wave.

The 5th Wave novel was first published in 2013, followed by last year's The Infinite Sea. Rick Yancey is also publishing another book sequel, The Last Star, set to be released sometime in 2016. We don't have word yet on whether or not Sony plans on turning those books into movie sequels, but we'll surely find out after The 5th Wave hits theaters. While we wait for more details on these potential sequels, check out the new trailer below, and stay tuned for more details.